X CONTENTS. 



Preparing the Eyes 42 



Pruning-knife 43 



Form of Eyes 44 



Hot-beds 46 



Cuttings in Hot-beds 48 



Propagating-house 49 



Water-tanks 50 



Slate-tanks 51 



Plan of Propagating-house 53 



Succession-houses 55 



Ridge and Furrow Houses 57 



Eyes for the Propagating-house 58 



Potting the Eyes 59 



Planting in Inside Borders 60 



Planting in Frames 62 



Growth in Frames 64 



Winter Protection 64 



Soft-wood Cuttings 65 



Cuttings In the Open Air 68 



The Mallet Form 68 



A Primitive Method 69 



Cutting with several joints 70 



Soil of the Cutting bed 72 



Planting the Cuttings in the Bed 73 



Other Forms of Cuttings 74 



Fall Planting of Cuttings 75 



CHAPTER IV. 



LAYERING AND GRAFTING. 



Form of Layer 76 



Layering Stool 77 



Fruiting Layers 79 



Grafting, an ancient art 80 



Rapid growth of Grafts 80 



Bleeding of the Vine 81 



Directions by Chaptal 81 



Form of Scion 83 



Grafting after growth has started 84 



Grafting in the Fall 85 



Winter protection 87 



Whip-grafting 88 



Grafting-wax - 90 



Root-grafting , 90 



Inarching . 90 



